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CLOTHES PIN.

No.432,809. Patented July 22, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. IVEAVER, OF MOUNT WVASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 432,809, dated July 22, 1890.

Application filed October 12, 1889.

ence marked thereon,which form apart of this specification.

The special object of my invention is to make a clothes-pin which shall have the spring so secured to the pin that it cannot be loosened by a fall or rough usage.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front elevation of my clothespin; Fig. 2, a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a detail perspective view of the spring.

In the drawings, A represents a wooden pin having the holes a a near the upper end thereof. Through these holes I pass the two wire ends I) b,whi'ch are then turned over in opposite directions on the back a. and there made fast, preferably in grooves thereof. I then coil each arm of the wire B, so as to form a spring I), which shall rest upon the front a of the pin A. Next I form the reverse convexities I) b to make a space b thereunder Serial No. 326,820. (No model.)

for the reception of the line and fold of the garment. Lastly, I upwardly incline the wire arms from the points 5 11 which rest upon the pin, to the junction or final meeting curve, which constitutes the loop I) for raising the spring.

In order to use my invention, the garment and line are held with one hand and the lower end of the pin with the other,when'the latter is pulled down until the line lifts the loop and enters the space under the convexities 19 19 where it is securely held without liability to escape.

Having thus described allthat is necessary to a full understanding of myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the pin A, having holes a a near its upper part, of the wire 15, having its ends I) I) passed through said holes and turned over on the back thereof, the coilsprings Z) Z) on the front of pin, the reverse convexities 19 b forming a subjacent space b and the upwardly-inclined end loop I), as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. WEAVER.

Vitnesses:

IDA A. WEAVER, GUSSIE E. WEAVER. 

